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Damaged and lost

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Ship

ship. S. 502 protects the owner of a British ship against liability in respect of goods lost or damaged by fire on board the ship, and in respect of certain valuables, the true nature and value of

Damages

adjudged to be paid in compensation for loss or injury sustained, the value estimated in money, of something lost or withheld, Divisional Controller K.S.R.T.C. v. Mahadeva Shetty, (2003) 7 SCC 197 (202). The expression 'damages' is neither … Damages, constitute the sum of money claimed or adjudged to be paid in compensation for loss or injury sustained,

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abandonment

an intention never to resume use d : the act of an insured in surrendering all rights to damaged or lost property to an insurer as a total loss compare salvage e : relinquishment by a trustee

Average

rests where it falls, that is to say, is borne by the owner of the thing lost or damaged, or by his insurer, who compensates the insured in the proportion which the average loss bears to the

Warranty

collateral agreement: see Sale of Goods Act, 1893, s. 11; and the right to repudiate may also be lost if the promisee has adopted the transaction, or the rights of the parties have been so altered as … to the main purpose of such a contract, the breach of which gives rise to a claim for damages, but not to a right to reject the goods and treat the contract as repudiated,' and 'as regards

Wrongful dismissal

Rep 320, and Notes, Sm. L.C.], or if he treats the contract as continuing, he may sue for damages for loss of service and such wages as he has lost the opportunity of earning, taking into account

casualty

accident [conversion of property…arising from fire, storm, shipwreck, or other "Internal Revenue Code"] 2 : something lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed see also casualty gain at gain casualty loss at loss

no-fault

in an accident is compensated usually up to a stipulated limit for esp. actual losses (as for property damage, medical bills, and lost wages) by that person's own insurer regardless of who is responsible for the accident … is compensated usually up to a stipulated limit for esp. actual losses (as for property damage, medical bills, and lost wages) by that person's own insurer regardless of who is responsible for the accident and is prohibited from

wrongful pregnancy

child-rearing expenses in wrongful pregnancy cases. It is more common to recover for medical expenses, pain and suffering, lost wages, or loss of consortium from pregnancy and childbirth. … for wrongful pregnancy] called also wrongful conception NOTE: A majority of courts faced with the issue have disallowed damages for child-rearing expenses in wrongful pregnancy cases. It is more common to recover for medical expenses, pain and

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